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The sustainable exploitation of the marine environment depends upon our capacity to develop systems of management with predictable outcomes. Unfortunately, marine ecosystems are highly dynamic and this property could conflict with the objective of sustainable exploitation. This book investigates the theory that the population and behavioural dynamics of predators at the upper end of marine food chains can be used to assist with management. Since these species integrate the dynamics of marine ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, they offer new sources of information that can be formally used in setting management objectives. This book examines the current advances in the understanding of the ecology of marine predators and will investigate how information from these species could be used in management.

Explains how marine predators can be used to asses adverse impact on marine ecosystems

Shows how an understanding of marine predator ecology can be used in the management of marine habitats

An essential resource for conservation managers, researchers and students

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"...does an excellent job of establishing the roles of top predators in marine ecosystem monitoring. The overview of the subject will be a great resource for seabird biologists and readers interested in marine ecology." - Carina Gjerdrum, Marine Ornithology

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Editors

I. L. Boyd, University of St Andrews, ScotlandIan Boyd is Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a recipient of the Bruce Medal of the Zoological Society of London for his scientific studies in Antarctica.

S. Wanless, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UKSarah Wanless of the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, works on long term studies of bird populations.

Author

C. J. Camphuysen, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea ResearchC. J. Camphuysen's current research interests include foraging ecology, mortality and distribution patterns of seabirds in the Atlantic Ocean and in the North Sea, the impacts of fishing on marine birds and the spatial distribution and temporal trends in abundance of cetaceans in the North Sea.

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